Description |
1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations |
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Medicine language |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; Spirit People; The Peppernut; The Peppernut Story; 1. A Life Well Lived; 2. Gathering Ethics; 3. Herbal Medicines and Native Plant Foods; 4. The Plants; 5. Non-herbal Cures; Endnotes; References; Plant Index; Medical Conditions Index; Subject Index. |
Summary |
Josephine Peters, a revered northern California Indian elder and Native healer, shares her vast, lifelong cultural knowledge on personal and tribal history, gathering ethics and preparations, then offers a catalogue of the uses and doses of over 160 plants. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- California.
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Herbs -- Therapeutic use. |
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California. |
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Indian women healers -- California -- Biography.
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Indian women healers. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Karok Indians -- Medicine -- California.
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Karok Indians. |
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Karok Indians -- California -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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Karok women -- California -- Biography.
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Karok women. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Subject |
Herbal treatments. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Added Author |
Beck, Cheryl.
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Ortiz, Bev.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Peters, Josephine Grant. After the first full moon in April. Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, ©2010 (DLC) 2009036627 |
ISBN |
9781611327922 (electronic book) |
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161132792X (electronic book) |
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1598743643 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9781598743647 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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